Event: Stargazing Nights - CLOSED
Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
When: Fri, Mar 28, 2025 - CLOSED
Welcome to the Frosty Drew Observatory Stargazing Nights! Tonight's forecast for overcast conditions will keep the Observatory, Science Center and Sky Theatre closed. Read about it....- By: Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
- On: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 09:12:37 EDT
NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for SpaceX Starship
Reported by NASA
NASA has awarded SpaceX of Starbase, Texas, a modification under the NASA Launch Services (NLS) II contract to add Starship to their existing Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch service offerings. The NLS II contracts provide a broad range of commercial launc...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 21:26 +0000
NASA Boosts Efficiency with Custom X-66 Flooring
Reported by NASA
NASA designed temporary floorboards for the MD-90 aircraft to use while it is transformed into the X-66 experimental demonstrator aircraft. These floorboards will protect the original flooring and streamline the modification process. Supporting the agencyâ...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 21:00 +0000
Visiting Mars on the Way to the Outer Solar System
Reported by NASA
Written by Roger Wiens, Principal Investigator, SuperCam instrument / Co-Investigator, SHERLOC instrument at Purdue University Recently Mars has had a few Earthly visitors. On March 1, NASA’s Europa Clipper flew within 550 miles (884 kilometers) of the R...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 18:23 +0000
Turning Vanes inside the Altitude Wind Tunnel
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Men stand in front of turning vanes inside the Altitude Wind Tunnel (AWT) at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory in this February 1944 publicity photo. The photo was taken just weeks after the tunnel became o...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 16:51 +0000
Sols 4493-4494: Just Looking Around
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Written by Alex Innanen, atmospheric scientist at York University Earth planning date: Wednesday, March 26, 2025 It’s my second shift of the week as the Environmental theme lead and keeper of the plan (a bit of a mouthful we shorten to ESTLK) and today s...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 15:14 +0000